A group of male koalas were filmed grooming and playing together, in contrast to their solitary reputation, probably as a result of an unusually dense population in southern Victoria ...

The Chinese firm threatens the dominance of Silicon Valley’s AI elite, and its innovations show the technology could be more ...

Neurons in the brains of mice tell them to stop eating when they’ve had enough food – and since people probably have the same ...

Coronal holes allow more charged particles to escape the sun as solar winds, and on 29 January, NASA's Solar Dynamics ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

Neuroscientist-turned-entrepreneur Emilė Radytė is using brain stimulation to explore how things like premenstrual syndrome ...

The odd superconductivity found in layered graphene may bring us closer to understanding room-temperature superconductors ...

A driven teenager up nights working on computer schemes. Could this be Bill Gates? Chris Stokel-Walker reads the much ...

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti coined the word futurism in 1909, going on to take an extreme rightward swerve into politics. This ...

Winning images from the 2025 Walk of Water photo competition showcase vanishing frozen landscapes, from sparkling ice caves ...

A huge study of ancient DNA reveals the origins of the Yamna, who spread across Eurasia around 5000 years ago, showing they ...

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